Anil Kapoor on web series debut: ‘After working for many years, it has become tougher to excite the audience’

“I go with my instinct. I like it when there is a book, or an adaptation, when I feel that this story will take me somewhere. The role attracts me and I don’t take much time to say yes, I don’t think much,” he added.

The actor then shared how he feels with time it it getting tougher to excite the audience and hence one needs to keep trying to do new work.

He said, “After working for so many years, it has become very tricky — what should I do, what have I done that people have not already seen me do. It is very tough and every day it is becoming tougher to excite the audience. One needs blessings, only hard work doesn’t (make the cut) anymore. The right people have to come together to make something remarkable today.”

When the actor was asked if more mainstream stars are now open to doing films and shows for streaming platforms to create a safe space for themselves as box office has become volatile, he said he is grabbing work with open arms as he is a greedy actor.

“Basically it is the role and the theme involved that draws you to do something like this, you jump at it and grab it with both arms. With whatever little I have done in my career I’ve always done (different) things. If you remember I did 24 (2010) when no mainstream star was doing (that kind of work). I want to do theatre, I’ve been trying for some time but it’s not happening, but I want to do it. So I am open to doing TV or feature or web series. If we were to play safe, we wouldn’t be sitting here,” the 63-year-old actor concluded.

The Night Manager, directed by Sandeep Modi and Priyanka Ghosh will start streaming from February 17.